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Two metal hooks pull the display to the notebook in a closed state. The screen is kept in place by two broad hinges that do their job with the necessary tension so that the screen barely rebounds. The display can also be twisted fairly intensely. The monitor cover is also made of roughened plastic, just like the rest of the case, but is quite yielding and thus doesn't protect the screen much against pressure from the back. Talking about hot keys: Email program and web browser can be started with a push of a button, or a system backup can be created, the computer's accessibility locked or even the presentation mode can be called on, with which a projector can be accessed with only one push of a button. The keyboard doesn't bend anywhere and the power button, as well as the hot keys left of the keyboard, are built tightly into the case. The workmanship obviously hasn't suffered under the price pressure: The notebook always feels compact and can also be picked up at one corner without creaking or yielding. You can read if this has been successful in the section about input devices. Additionally, the keys are implemented in a slight curve from left to right, which is supposed to increase the ergonomics. The keyboard is, as Sony has already done it, slightly submerged in comparison to the wrist rests and loudspeaker cover. Acer spared on packaging wherever it was possible and delivers the notebook in a cardboard box with papier-mâché fillings, which are significantly more friendly for the environment than plastic and polystyrene fillings.Īll surfaces have a nice feel and also look well-matched. This was, however, very mild and we couldn't smell it anymore on the evening of our first test day. With so much plastic, it's no wonder then that you get a whiff of plastic when you unpack the notebook for the first time.
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The case tray is manufactured of the same plastic, merely the plastic on the front, where the panel on which the audio outputs and the hardware switches for Bluetooth and WLAN have been placed, looks like brushed aluminum. The power button and the touchpad bezel is also made of silver plastic. This material is used from the wrist-rest up to the display frame, merely the loudspeaker cover above the keyboard simulates a perforated metal part. Agreeable: Acer doesn't use smudge susceptible high-gloss surfaces at all the plastic is matt and slightly roughened. The Extensa 5230E presents itself quite classical in black plastic. Of course, you mustn't expect an aluminum case or a glass touchpad for less than 400 Euros. The price differences are only marginal so that you can definitely take the one with the fastest processor. There are also models available with Celeron M 575 (2.0 GHz) and Celeron M585 with a 2.16 GHZ clock rate. Acer has also built a somewhat higher clocked Intel Celeron M 900 into the prototype: The clock rate adds up to 2.2 GHz.
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Windows Vista Home Premium does its job on our Extensa.
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Those who already have a Windows full version at home can install it without problems.Īs already said, we didn't need to do this. A more established distribution such as openSuse or Ubuntu would have been much more customer-friendly.
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However, those who would like to work with the preinstalled Linux should consider that it has problems with a few internet sites and that there aren't drivers for all hardware devices available. Windows Vista Home Premium had been installed, though the notebook is also available with a Linpus Linux distribution that reduces the price by an additional 70 Euros. Our prototype was quite meager in view of its configuration and has to come clear with very little connections. The models represent the starters of Acer's Extensa range.
However, it could also be interesting for modest private users, too. The Extensa 5230E model range aims at smaller and medium companies that need simple office notebooks that can also be used mobile.
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